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Show WILLIAM J. GAYNOR William J. Gaynor, New York's recent re-cent mayor, has been borno to his last resting plnco with all tho simple rites and ceremony, accompanied by heaitfelt sorrow and sympathy that It is possible for mortal men to bo-stow bo-stow . Thousands who wero denied the prlvhego, desired to march In the tiuieinl p ccesslon, and over one mil Hon people stood with bowed heads and silent lips as tho cortege passed by And from toast to coast, and from Canada to Mexico, a fjeo peo-I peo-I plo havo offered up words of com-niendntlou com-niendntlou In memory of tho man j whoso death ennio so suddenly ind j at such a time ns the majority would huvo hud him llvo lie bad but re eently accepted a nomination for lc-electlon lc-electlon as major of New York In opposition to Murphy and the Tain-man) Tain-man) forces, and It was In anticipation anticipa-tion of this strugglo that the eyes of the United States were focused upon William J. Gaynor. Although ho was elected major with the help of Tammany It Is said that ho re- mnlned Independent of It, but with-j with-j out antagonizing It Tho coming strugglo promised to be one replete with sensations, nnd presented to tho peoplo Just as conditions exist. 'And this coming struggle apparently worried the mayor and bore heavily upon him Yet ho trusted New York nnd In his last message ho was confident con-fident that they would not throw tho government of the city "Into tho control con-trol of a vulgar gong of grafters all of ono strlpo." And during the last scene of all, while his g-eai soul was on tho brink of tho grave, a friend Is told In confidence In tho quiet of I tho stato room, that his last sent!-1 sent!-1 ments found expression In these words- 'I will toll tho wbolo damn-ablo damn-ablo story. I propose to Btrlp tho iTammnny gang bare. I will show tho peoplo Just what vl tr phy and Tammnny means Hut his I life wns cut short, and now Murpny i and Tammany will sail on relieved dt tho opposition of Gaynor. William .1. ! Gaynor may havo lived longer had ho not been mnyor of Now York. Uo may havo lived longer had ho no boon weighed down with tho responsibility respon-sibility of fighting tho Tammany gang, In tho boss ridden city of Now York, but in private llfo ho could not havo accomplished so much, and whllo ho goes to his grnvo beforo Ids tlmo as It wero tho citizenship of tho Emplro state will hold his nnmo In sacred memory, and transmit his name from generation to generation ns one of tho greatest hencfuctors tho ''"city has over hod In the rn1 -s r rV ' i ,i t 0' " - j. Df the boss. For Tammany ho aouIu not stand nnd against this gang ae staked his llfo, |